Fugitive Niesha Nicole Jackson arrested in Fairfield

A fugitive for nearly three years, U.S. Marshals nabbed the "Bank Robbing Babe" at a Fairfield motel, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and U.S. Marshal Albert Nájera announced on Monday.

Niesha Nicole Jackson, 34, who earned the moniker "Bank Robbing Babe," on the CNBC show "American Greed; The Fugitives," was recently arrested at a Fairfield motel, according to a state Department of Justice press release. Officials said that when Jackson was taken into custody, she had in her possession a T-shirt with "BR Babe" printed on it.

According to court documents, Jackson was part of a bank fraud scheme that netted between $1 million to $2 million in losses to 37 banks as far away as Illinois in 2007 and 2008.

Originating in California, the organizers would use "pre-paid" credit cards at banks for cash advances.

Although the cards only had small amounts of money available, the runners would tell the bank tellers to call a toll-free number that was controlled by Jackson or another co-conspirator. Jackson, posing as a card services representative, would mislead the bank employee into believing that there were thousands of dollars available on the card, and then would instruct the teller what buttons to press on the card terminal in order to make the transaction go through, the DOJ press release stated.

On July 30, 2009, a federal jury indicted Jackson, charging her with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of bank fraud. She pleaded guilty in March 2010, but then failed to appear at her sentencing and a warrant was issued for her arrest, officials said.

She was scheduled to appear in Sacramento on Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney.